The Pearlsong Letter: New releases

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November 12, 2008

Take a peek at FatLand, the novel by Frannie Zellman

In the near future the Pro-Health Laws of the United States of America have become so oppressive that people seeking freedom over their bodies have established a new country: FatLand. In FatLand, life is good and scales are forbidden. Free from the hatred and discrimination of the Other Side, FatLanders have built happy, productive lives. But not everyone is flourishing.

Ava came to FatLand after her lover died from bariatric surgery. She threw herself into work, believing she was immune from love. Then she saw a beautiful dancer and lost her heart again.

Alvin and Reevie thought that by living in FatLand they could give their children and each other a chance for a life free of sizeim and racism. They didn't count on their lovely twin daughters' curiosity and yearning for excitement and danger.

Joann and Ed carved out what they thought was a peaceful existence. But their bright children are anything but happy in the well-appointed home and tranquil life their parents had created in FatLand.

Well-to-do, attractive and sophisticated, Dara and Sandor thought they could make the FatLand Board dance to whatever tune they wished. But their way of life and beliefs are about to be tested more severely than either of them could have imagined.

Dreaming and determined, luscious Margaret fled to FatLand after her rich, powerful paramour married a thin woman he didn't care for. She made a deal with her devil so she could publish the top flight newspaper FatLand badly needed. But then the devil called in the cards.

Soon these FatLanders and the freedom fighters on the Other Side will face forces threatening the health and happiness of all.

Read an excerpt of the novel here.

FatLand is being published by Pearlsong Press in January 2009. Purchase an early copy of the original trade paperback now from the Pearlsong Press online store -- we're offering free shipping within the U.S. for copies purchased before Jan. 15, 2008. (Buy extra copies for holiday gifting!)

November 12, 2008 in FatLand, Forthcoming Books, Frannie Zellman, New releases | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

August 08, 2008

Ebook version of At Long Last, Love by Judy Bagshaw now available from Pearlsong Press

The Adobe PDF ebook version of Judy Bagshaw's short story collection At Long Last, Love is now available from Pearlsong Press.

Judy Bagshaw is a retired elementary schoolteacher and writer in Southern Ontario, Canada. Her short stories feature plus-sized characters leading rich and active lives, just as she does.

Other ebooks available from Pearlsong Press include the recently released Adobe PDF ebook of Pat Ballard's romantic suspense novel The Best Man, as well as Ballard's novels Abigail's Revenge, A Worthy Heir, His Brother's Child, Nobody's Perfect, & Wanted: One Groom , and Ballard's short story collection Dangerous Curves Ahead.

The ebooks can be purchased directly from Pearlsong Press at www.pearlsong.com, as well as at select online ebook retailers.

August 08, 2008 in At Long Last, Love, Ebooks, Judy Bagshaw, New releases | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

June 01, 2008

New from Pearlsong Press: 10 Steps to Loving Your Body (No Matter What Size You Are) by Pat Ballard

Pat Ballard's first nonfiction book, 10 Steps to Loving Your Body (No Matter What Size You Are), is now available from Pearlsong Press.

As a young woman Ballard almost died trying to starve her body into a societally approved size. In 10 Steps to Loving Your Body (No Matter What Size You Are) she shares the steps she created -- and took -- to heal the damage of years of dieting.

Join her in celebrating size diversity, self esteem, positive body image, and health at every size.

"I have been a fan of Pat Ballard's writing, and her vision, for years. If you haven't learned to cherish your life's vehicle -- your body -- this beautiful little book will make a big beautiful difference. If you already know what is truly important, this book will re-arm you for the sometimes daunting task of living fully at any size.""

Janey Milstead
Writer/Editor & past Editor-in-Chief of BBW magazine

Ballard, known as the Queen of Rubenesque Romances, is the author of seven works of romantic fiction featuring big beautiful (plus size) heroines. 10 Steps to Loving Your Body (No Matter What Size You Are) is her eighth book.

June 01, 2008 in 10 Steps to Loving Your Body, New releases, Pat Ballard | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

April 29, 2007

Pat Ballard, Queen of Rubenesque Romances, to appear at Borders Bookstore in Brentwood, TN Saturday, May 12, 2007

Pat Ballard, the Queen of Rubenesque Romances, will be at the Brentwood, TN Borders bookstore at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 12 to celebrate publication of her latest book, the romantic suspense novel The Best Man.

The exact agenda of the Saturday event (for which there is no charge) is still up in the air--that is, it's not certain yet whether Pat will give a talk or read from her latest book as well as autograph copies. But at the very least she will be available for Q & A, and will hand out ribbons imprinted with her "10 Steps to Loving Your Body (No Matter What Size You Are)"...steps she is expanding into a nonfiction book.

The Best Man is Pat's seventh book and sixth novel. Her previous works, all published by Nashville, TN-based Pearlsong Press, include Dangerous Curves Ahead: Short Stories, Wanted: One Groom, Nobody's Perfect, His Brother's Child, A Worthy Heir and Abigail's Revenge.

Pat's books and short stories feature "plus sized" heroines and are written to inspire self acceptance and self-care in all women, as well as to entertain. Pat herself almost died from an eating disorder in her teens, and continued dieting/starving herself for years until resolving to eat normally and learning to love the body that resulted.

April 29, 2007 in Author appearances, New releases, Pat Ballard, Presentations, Signings & Appearances, The Best Man | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

October 09, 2005

Taking Up Space now available from Pearlsong Press

The autobiographical case study Taking Up Space (Pearlsong Press, October 2005, $25) by medical sociologist Pattie Thomas, Ph.D. debuted at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN Oct. 7-9.

The original trade paperback is now available from online and offline booksellers as well as directly from the publisher.

October 09, 2005 in New releases, Pattie Thomas, Ph.D., Taking Up Space | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

October 08, 2005

New romantic suspense from the Queen of Rubenesque Romances

Pat Ballard's newest book, the romantic suspense Abigail's Revenge, is now available in original trade paperback from Pearlsong Press.

The book retails for $14.95 and can be purchased at online and offline bookstores as well as directly from the publisher.

October 08, 2005 in Abigail's Revenge, New releases, Pat Ballard | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Pearlsong Press books

Frannie Zellman: FatLand
In the near future the Pro-Health Laws of the United States of America have become so oppressive that people seeking freedom over their bodies have established a new country. In FatLand, life is good and scales are forbidden. Free from the hatred and discrimination of the Other Side, FatLanders have built happy, productive lives. But not everyone is flourishing.
Pat Ballard: 10 Steps to Loving Your Body (No Matter What Size You Are)
The Queen of Rubenesque Romances shares the steps she created -- and used -- to heal the damage of years of dieting. Join her in celebrating size diversity, self esteem, positive body image, and health at every size.
Charlie Lovett: The Program
A new weight loss clinic in New York City has an offer for you -- given them $5,000 and they'll make you as thin as a supermodel. You can eat whatever you want and never gain an ounce. Tempted? Fledgling journalist Karen Sumner would be -- if only she had $5,000. When Karen finally walks through the blue and gold doors of The Program, however, she's on the trail of the hottest story of her career. If she and her friends are right, The Program is doing something even worse than creating an army of unnaturally thin women. Library Journal calls The Program "a lively first novel. Highly recommended."
Linda C Wisniewski: Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, and Her Polish Heritage
Even before she was diagnosed with scoliosis at 13, Linda Wisniewski felt off kilter. Born to a cruel father in the insulated Polish Catholic community of Amsterdam, New York, she learned martyrdom as a way of life. Off Kilter shows her learning to stretch her Self as well as her spine as she comes to terms with her mentally deteriorating, widowed mother and her culture. Only by accepting her physical deformity, her emotionally unavailable mother, and her Polish American heritage does she finally find balance and a life that fits. Maureen Murdock, author of Unreliable Truth: On Memoir & Memory, calls Off Kilter "a courageous, insightful book, particularly relevant for anyone who grew up feeling physically 'different.'"
Pat, Ballard: The Best Man
Sparks fly the night Lana Clarke meets to plan her sister's wedding -- and not just because curvaceous Lana announces she's stopped dieting and doesn't care if she's fat as maid of honor. The strong-willed sister of the bride attracts the attention of the groom's devastatingly handsome best man, Anthony Angelino. But when the sparks become flames, Lana's in trouble. Tony's first wife died mysteriously. Will Lana be next?
Judy Bagshaw: At Long Last, Love
Big beautiful --and in some cases slightly more mature -- heroines grace the pages of this collection of romantic short stories by Judy Bagshaw.
Jack Adler: Splendid Seniors
An inspiring ensemble of 52 people whose accomplishments after age 65 remind us that creativity, passion & influence can not only flower in later years, but bear delicious fruit.
Mary Saracino: The Singing of Swans
"The Singing of Swans is a remarkable narrative calling--even compelling--us to connect with our own ancestral roots, to seek our own inner wisdom, and to reclaim our own inner voices!" --Margaret Starbird, author of The Woman With the Alabaster Jar & Mary Magdalene: Bride in Exile
Ellen Frankel: Beyond Measure: A Memoir About Short Stature and Inner Growth
"If you have ever measured your height or your weight and felt good or bad about yourself as a result, you need this book. In its pages, Ellen Frankel makes an important contribution to human liberation by telling the most fabulous story that can be told, the story of a person coming fully into her own. This book is thought-provoking, heart-rending, and a genuine solace for people of all sizes." --Marilyn Wann, author of FAT!SO?
Pat Ballard: Abigail's Revenge
Injustice, romance and suspense smolder in a small Southern town. Romantic suspense from the Queen of Rubenesque Romances, Pat Ballard.
Pattie Thomas, Ph.D.: Taking Up Space
"Thomas's incisive blend of sociological inquiry and personal narrative amounts to a provocative treatise on fat oppression in our culture. Taking Up Space is a kind of roadmap through the minefield of the 'war on obesity,' and it offers protection to the reader ready to fight for cultural change surrounding the meaning of fatness." --Kathleen LeBesco, Ph.D., author of Revotling Bodies: The Struggle to Redefine Fat Identity.
Anne Richardson Williams: Unconventional Means: The Dream Down Under
Shattered by family tragedy in the early 1960s, an upper-middle-class Southern teenager finds solace in art and literature. Decades later she is called to the continent whose literature once comforted her, and to a magical connection with an Aboriginal woman transcending race and half a world.
Pat Ballard: A Worthy Heir
When Pam Spencer sees the newspaper ad seeking "a worthy heir" to Fiona Bainbridge's millions, she jumps at the chance to get her brother the medical care he needs after a job-related accident. But Reese Bainbridge, Fiona's handsome grandson--and jilted heir--rushes home in anger when he hears his grandmother has moved Pam and her brother into the family mansion. Sparks fly--and Pam is up to the challenge.
Pat Ballard: His Brother's Child
One party, one silver-tongued, double-talking stranger intent on winning a bet, and Faith Carr ends up betrayed, alone, and pregnant. When Edward Brenner shows up on her doorstep intending to right his brother's wrongs, she's scared and vulnerable. But she agrees to marry this stranger to give the baby a father, although keeping him at a distance. She doesn't realize that Edward fell in love with her the moment he saw her. Will her battered self-esteem allow her to see the truth--and her own beauty?
Pat Ballard: Wanted: One Groom
Wealthy Hanna Rockwell will lose her home and her inheritance unless she marries by her 30th birthday. She's stunned when Matt Corbett, the faded rock start she worshipped in her teens, accepts her brother's offer to bail him out of financial trouble if he'll marry her. Her teenaged fantasies come to life--bringing a few surprises with them.
Pat Ballard: Nobody's Perfect
Nella Covington can't believe she's agreed to marry arrogant Samuel du Cannon, even if it IS only a marriage of convenience. He needs a mother for his young son, and she needs to keep her childhood home. If Sam's work keeps him on the road enough, she won't have to deal with him much. Sam's never been attracted to plus-size women, so they won't be tempted to have a real relationship. At least, that's what they keep telling themselves--
Pat Ballard: Dangerous Curves Ahead: Short Stories
Ten romantic tales pack suspense and sizzle into this collection of short stories featuring amply curved women.